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NASA Cassini-Huygens Collection
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NASA Cassini-Huygens Collection
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Feathery Belts and Zones
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Feathery Belts and Zones
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Feathery Belts and Zones
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Feathery Belts and Zones
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This is a highly detailed look at the feathery, wavelike patterns in the cloud bands of Saturn's southern hemisphere. Near the center, long filaments wrap around a swirling vortex. Notable is the extreme change in appearance at very high southern latitudes. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide angle camera on Dec. 14, 2004, at a distance of 595,000 kilometers (370,000 miles) from Saturn, through a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 890 nanometers. It has been highly processed to enhance details. The image scale is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.n…. For images visit the Cassini imaging team home page http://ciclops.org. *Credit*: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Full_Description
This is a highly detailed look at the feathery, wavelike patterns in the cloud bands of Saturn's southern hemisphere. Near the center, long filaments wrap around a swirling vortex. Notable is the extreme change in appearance at very high southern latitudes. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide angle camera on Dec. 14, 2004, at a distance of 595,000 kilometers (370,000 miles) from Saturn, through a filter sensitive to wavelengths of infrared light centered at 890 nanometers. It has been highly processed to enhance details. The image scale is about 32 kilometers (20 miles) per pixel. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. For more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission visit http://saturn.jpl.n…. For images visit the Cassini imaging team home page http://ciclops.org. *Credit*: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Full Description
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January 25, 2005
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January 25, 2005
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Saturn
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clouds
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storms
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Cassini
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Cassini
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Cassini-Huygens
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Cassini-Huygens
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Huygens Probe
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Huygens Probe
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Cassini Orbiter
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Cassini Orbiter
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Saturn
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Saturn
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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California
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California
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Washington
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Washington
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
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January 25, 2005
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January 25, 2005
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2005
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2005
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UID:
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SPD-SATRN-1331
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